Dear All,
             The following call for papers is the first of two which may
be relevant to IRNES folk and which came to me via another
academic email list, but which I'm now forwarding as it may be of
interest to some members. Please note that responses to this call
should be addressed to Lisa Trubitt of Contemporary Justice
Review at Albany, not to me. Apologies for any cross-posting.

Best wishes,

Piers H.G. Stephens

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>CALL FOR PAPERS, CONTEMPORARY JUSTICE REVIEW
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>The Birth of Another World: Utopian Visions of Justice and Human
Well-Being
>in Literature, Theory, and Practice
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>The editors of CJR, a Routledge Imprint, would like to invite authors
>from all disciplines to submit an essay title/abstract for a special
>issue on The Birth of Another World: Utopian Visions of Justice and
>Human Well-Being in Literature, Theory, and Practice. The essays
>should focus on visions of a new social order in which humanly
>disabling differences are eliminated and new social arrangements
>created in which the needs of all are taken into account and met.
>Submissions might focus on an analysis of the work of authors who
>have grappled with the creation of a just world in their writing and
>how their vision of a new world moves us forward to get along as an
>interdependent global community. Authors selected might include
>Ursula LeGuin, Marge Piercy, William Morris, Edward Bellamy, Samuel
>Butler, Charles Nordhoff, R.  Buckminster Fuller, B. F. Skinner,
>George Bernard Shaw, Henry David Thoreau, George Orwell, Walt
>Whitman, among others. Submissions might also focus on different
>forms of community that were and are still being tried, discussing
>how such communities are demonstration projects of sorts for
>directing us toward a new world community. Communities examined might
>include the Shakers, Catholic Workers, The Farm, Jonah House, Twin
>Oaks, Oneida, Disney's Celebration, among others. With respect to
>theoretical perspectives, an essay might offer ideas on what
>alternative forms of family (kinship), school (learning), and work
>(livelihood) might look like and how we might bring such forms about.
> Discussions might include views of how design influences human
>well-being and justice and how forms of community (from intentional
>community to co-housing) can prevent pain and suffering and foster
>joyful living. The value of restorative and transitional justice for
>healing human trauma and furthering human well-being within
>communities would also be appropriate. We are also looking for film
>and book reviews and review essays that are consistent with the theme
>of the issue. Possible books might include Spaceship Earth,
>Democratic Vistas, Walden Two, Brave New World, Animal Farm, Herself,
>News From Nowhere, Woman on the Edge of Time, The Dispossessed, among
>others. Films review essays might focus on the works of a particular
>director such as Oliver Stone, Stephen Frears, Kurosawa, Marzieh
>Meshkini, George Lucas, Makhmalbaf, Yimou, and Spike Lee.
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>The title/abstract of about 200 words should be sent by March 15,
>2003 to CJR Managing Editor, Lisa Trubitt, University at Albany, LC
>SB 31, 1400
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>Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, Fax: 518-442-3847, E-mail:
>[log in to unmask] Inquiries might be made of Lisa or CJR
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>Editor-in-Chief, Dennis Sullivan ([log in to unmask]
><mailto:[log in to unmask]> ). Notification of acceptance will
>be
made
>by May 1, 2003. The finished essays (circa 25 typed double-spaced
>pages) will be due January 15, 2004 for inclusion in the June and
>September 2004 issues of CJR.
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>Please note my new address:
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>Lisa Trubitt
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>University at Albany
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>LC SB31
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>1400 Washington Avenue
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>Albany, New York 12222
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>(518) 442-3727  FAX: (518) 442-3847
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